Iona College

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills

Counseling

career, personal, academic, psychological

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 29% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 12% of housing units are Singles.
• 50% of housing units are Doubles.
• 20% of housing units are Triples.
• 18% of housing units are Apartments.
• In total, there are 6 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 67% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 83% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 65% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Spring Concert (Third Eye Blind), Campus Coffee House, Alcohol Awareness Week, Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Dance Ensemble Performances, Theatre Series, Westchester Chamber Orchestra Series, and Women’s History Week, Spring Carnival, Travel Series, Heritage Week, Fashion show.
• Student activities: choral groups, dance, drama/theater, literary magazine, musical theater, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, television station, yearbook
• In total, there are about 47 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Accounting Honor Society, Alpha Sigma Lambda (Continuing Education), Beta Beta Beta (Biology), Beta Gamma Sigma, Chemistry Honor Society, Chi Rho (Criminal Justice), Delta Epsilon Sigma, Pi Lambda Theta (Education), Financial Management Assoc. National Honor Society, Iota Alpha (Spanish), Italian Honor Society, Mass Communication, Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics), Phi Alpha Theta (History), Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics), Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science), Psi Chi (Psychology), Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics), Sigma Tau Delta (English), Speech Honor Society, Theta Alpha Kappa (Religious Studies), Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Computer Science), Phi Alpha (Social Work)
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Campus Ministries, Jewish Student Alliance, Pax Christi
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Council of Multicultural Leaders, Hispanic Organization for Latin Awareness, Jewish Student Alliance, Gaelic Society, Italian Society, Albanian Club, Asia Club.
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Student Government Association, Student Executive Council, Iona Singers, Gael Dancers, Iona Players, Iona College Television, Iona College Radio, Tara Knights Society, Pipe Band, Public Relations Student Society of America, National Student Speech and Hearing Language Association, Inter-Residence Council, Greek Council. There are student representatives on all governance committees of the College Council and the Board of Trustees.
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Ionian (bi-weekly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): New York City (15), New York City (15)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): New Rochelle, NY (1)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): New Rochelle, NY (1)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• Not all students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 56% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 8% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,100
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 4 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 1% of students are fraternity members
• There are 6 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 1% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Fordham University)
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Manhattan College)

Additional Policies

class attendance mandatory, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited